Exposition Universelle (1878)

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1878 Paris
The Palais du Trocadéro built for the occasion[1] was reused for the 1900 Universal Exposition, when this postcard was printed
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Category	Historical Expo
Name	Exposition universelle de 1878
Building(s)	Palais du Trocadéro
Area	75 hectares (190 acres)
Invention(s)	Icemachine, Electric streetlights
Visitors	13,000,000
Participant(s)
Countries	36
Location
Country	France
City	Paris
Venue	Avenue des Nations
Coordinates	48°51′44″N 2°17′17.7″E / 48.86222°N 2.288250°E / 48.86222; 2.288250
Timeline
Opening	1 May 1878 (1878-05-01)
Closure	10 November 1878 (1878-11-10)
Universal expositions
Previous	Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
Next	Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) in Melbourne

The Exposition Universelle of 1878 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1878 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 1 May to 10 November 1878, to celebrate the recovery of France after the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. It was the third of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.^[a]

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